I met a sister and her two young girls under a makeshift tent beside the road in Baghuz. There were signs of tiredness and hardship on her, covered in dust and had lost so much weight. We had less or nothing to eat for months and had nothing to seek shelter in except the sky.

We talked a little and through the conversation she said something in the lines of, "Allah says, inna ma'al 'usri yusraa. The ease is with the hardship, it comes together and not separately". This was the only part of conversation that I stayed in my mind.

I didn't understand what she said or meant at that time but her words eased my heart. What could she be thinking while she is in that situation, with her daughters skinny to the bones and her 1 year old didn't have strength to even cry. What ease did she see in that situation? I didn't understand back then. She had no doubt in Allah's help nor His victory and the Qur'an she memorized in her heart was her serenity. She was later killed with her daughters in a trench by a grenade thrown by the enemies. May Allah accept her. A sister, who never ceased to smile and thank Allah even in the harshest of conditions. That was her victory.

As years passed this statement stayed in my heart and contemplated on what she had said, it continued eased my heart even though I couldn't see things as she did, until recently. I discovered in my own way what she meant and saw.

Allah always gave trials, sometimes one storm heavier than the other, sometimes I don't even realize I'm being tested until Allah takes me out from the pit and showed me what I was in. In trials, there's purification of sins, strengthening of eeman and tawakkul in Allah and lessons that makes us grow and prepare for the next storm.

He showed me that I can find ease if I looked for it, it could be something insignificant for some. Allah gave us our children, their laughs and smiles, their presence was a warmth to their mother's hearts. He gave us nature, to contemplate and cool our eyes and hearts. He gave us companions, with whom we shared our thoughts and problems. He gave us the ability to learn and create things from our hands. He gave us means to find ease even in difficulty. And most importantly He gave us Qur'an, without which there won't be ease.

I realized, it was her attachment to Qur'an that she saw what normal people didn't see and realize. Her Qur'an was her shelter, her food, her nourishment, her strength and her drive to move forward and not look back. It wasn't possible to seek ease without it. Nature without contemplation and relating to Allah will never heal the hearts. How many days, years and seasons have passed while the guards on the towers watched the sunrise and sunset but eaman never entered their hearts.

Qur'an and contemplation are like shelters in a heavy storm. With it you see the light in places of darkness and ease in times of hardship.

How much blessings do we have, yet we don't realize them? If we counted our blessings rather than wail over what we've lost, we can go through anything bi idhnillah.

An advise for myself and sisters: Befriend the Qur'an and contemplate. Count your blessings and stay with good companions who lift and strengthen you, push you forward and take you to heights that you never think you could. LOOK for ease, and you will find it in ways you never thought you could. Treasures don't unearth by itself, you have to do it yourself.

_via a sister

وإذا رأيت العبد يقع في الناس إذا آذوه ، ولا يرجع إلى نفسه باللوم والاستغفار، فاعلم أن مصيبته مصيبة حقيقية، وإذا تاب واستغفر وقال: هذا بذنوبي، صارت في حقه نعمة

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: When you see the servant talking about the people when they’ve hurt him whilst he doesn’t return the blame back to himself and seek forgiveness (from Allaah), then know that his calamity is a true calamity.

However when he repents, seeks forgiveness and says “this is due to my sins” then this matter (of being hurt by people) will become a blessing for him!

[Jam’i al-Masaa’il (p. 169)]

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Maryam 19:90

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِنۡهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلۡجِبَالُ هَدًّا 

Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins,


Maryam 19:91

أَن دَعَوۡاْ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَلَدٗا

That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah).

FRIDAY REMINDERS

•Send Many Salutations upon the Prophet ﷺ

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

•Dua in the Last Hour

-Some Supplications (mainly for self)

https://justpaste.it/SomeSupplications

-Some supplications against Enemies

https://justpaste.it/DuaEnemies

-Some supplications for the Ummah:

https://justpaste.it/Supplications4Ummah


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ތޭރިތަކުގެ ފުރަގަހުން ގެއްލިފައި ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ މުސްލިމު އަސީރުން

ޝައިޚް އަޙްމަދު މޫސާ ޖިބްރީލް (حفظه الله)

الحمد لله الذي بنعمته تتم الصالحات
މި މަސައްކަތުގައި އެހީތެރިވެދެއްވި އެންމެހާ ފަރާތްތަކަށް ޝުކުރާއި ހެޔޮ ދުޢާ ދަންނަވަމެވެ.
جزاكم الله خيرا

Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) was known to walk through the streets of Madinah at night, unseen, listening more than speaking, observing more than questioning.
One night, as he passed by a modest home, he heard a mother speaking to her daughter.
The mother said,
"Mix water into the milk so we can sell more tomorrow."
The daughter replied softly,
"Amir al-Mu'minin has forbidden mixing water with milk."
The mother responded impatiently,
"Umar is not here to see us."
The daughter paused... then said words that shook the night:
"If Umar cannot see us, then surely the Lord of Umar can." Umar (RA) froze in his place.
He had not been seen.
He had not been recognized.
But he had been answered.
He returned home deeply moved and said to his son,
"Find out who that girl is."
When he learned of her honesty, her fear of Allah, and her integrity in private, Umar (RA) chose her for his son, honoring her not for her beauty, nor her wealth, but for her taqwa.
From that union would later come Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, one of the most just rulers in Islamic history.
Umar (RA) walked away that night knowing something profound:
The strength of this Ummah would never lie in armies or wealth... but in hearts that fear Allah even when no one is watching.

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Al-Ma'idah 5:2

وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ


Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment.

Dhivehi - Abu Bakr Ibrahim Ali (Bakurube)

އަދި ހެޔޮކަންކަމާއި تقوى ވެރިވެވޭ ކަންކަމުގައި ކަލޭމެން އެއްބަޔަކު އަނެއްބަޔަކާއި އެހީވެ ވާގިވެރިވާށެވެ! އަދި ފާފަވެރިވެވޭ ކަންކަމާއި ދެކޮޅުވެރިވެވޭ ކަންކަމުގައި ކަލޭމެން އެއްބަޔަކު އަނެއްބަޔަކާއި ވާގިވެރިވެ އެހީނުވާށެވެ! އަދި ކަލޭމެން اللّه އަށް ބިރުވެތިވާށެވެ! اللّه އަށް تقوى ވެރިވާށެވެ! ހަމަކަށަވަރުން اللّه އީ عقوبة ގަދަފަދަވެގެންވާ ކަލާނގެއެވެ.


@FadingShadow